New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-23
THE THREE SKIES SOUNDED.
GREAT ALARM IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
pAAASE IN THE BUILDING on THE BoOTH's THEA
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Dh"A"E IN THE BUILDING on THE BOOTHS THEA
TIRE sirE-A FIREpRooF STRUCTURE.
Inc Fire Department had big last night when
tne dreaded alarm known the three skies was rung
ana TWO dozen companies called ont Of their quar-
'er' "itin an hour Soon after o'clock three alarms
"e.o sounded for fire In tho fvestory
factory building No 257 West Twenty seventhst which
runs through the block to Twenty and
tne shops OF nearly lfty wood wording rms While tho
scs were still throwing water on that fire the stimuli
Mncous call was sent from the signalbox at
snth-aye and Twenty third st. It called
tnefe all the engines due third
alarm In another part OF the city. Before
those engines had time to respond word Of the fire
IN rwentythird-st. had been sent to Chief Shay In
Iwehtyseventh-st, and he promptly sent several COM
panes away from the factory the point of danger
Ihe six-story building which James d.
FISH erected on the site OF Booths Theatre
was Oh re Isaac Mezzers watchman In the dry goods
store OF Conkling Chvvis, the first floor about
ooeock and smclled smoke. He ascertained that
names had started the second foor and he ran
into the street to give the alarm. policeman
opened the signal box in front of the building
and sent signal The operator at Fire Headquarters
spond to tho call were "nn In twenty seventh st.
an% lance nc sent an engine company from a.n dis
appeared to be greater than it really was smoke
was Issuing In clouds from the secondstory
reached e sa xsen tho s rSss Ss%p G and
covered the fronts In sixthave and Tweny-thirdst It
above the first story Then It was that the three skies
went out aud scared the entire Fire Department.
burning building until the space in front OF the Masonic
Temple was lIed with tho remen and their apparatus
night sticks in to keep back an immense throng OF
excited people from pressing too closely on the fire
building expected that the % fire would @ consume half the
tSs block before Il could be checked lies" less
tha
OF smoke disappeared streams Of water were poured
9 e S S 1d0ws and II seen that the
d The e. M yss found in the fire proof %
at sns afh pSn pS the no %s
the flames been visible through the smoke to the waiting
half an hour they had the fre well under control and
were s9e G 70 60 through the greater portion Of the ond
longer To put out the last sparks in the second
story Then was seen that the strong building had not
suffered greatly from the flames brick wall running
OF the structure altogether only that part In the sixth
damaged The second oor Of portion had see oce
pied IA salcsrooms by the dry.goods frm and large
damaged goods on the floor In the upper part
OF the building there had beeu no losses worth mention
J. T Wilson Of No 45 wlIlsm-st, Is now the receiver
In whose charge tho building Is He superintended It's
construction In lsss and ssi II belonged to James
esiyer , at at % the time Oh the Marine Bank failure
centres about the affairs OF Fish and Ward
Mr. Wilson said last night that the building not
seriously damaged and could be repaired for little
than 900 The loss covered by insurance In doz
OF the larger English companicsjust what ones
Mr.. Wilson could not say. The loss the stock Of Con-
Killing Chivvis could not be estimated with cerude
last night. More damage had probably been done by
than by fire. IL roughly estimated that the
loss the would amount Ia $4,000 which is also
covered by insurance
The fire At 30 257 West Twentyseventh.st damaged
the factory building Ia the extent OF $1,000 Erastus
Of No go West Twenty ST. who owned
tns hull nQN
tie occupants amounted to $4,000 the heaviest losers
being Cyrus Coles proprietor Of tho planning mill on the
floor and John rchnecr wood turner on tho second
floor said that few OF the occupants had their
stock O machinery insured.